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countersued

countersued is the simple past and past participle of countersue.

Meaning of countersue

Verb

countersue (third-person singular simple present countersues, present participle countersuing, simple past and past participle countersued)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To sue a person or entity who is suing one.
    • Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel.2014, Eric L. Haralson, Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, page 497

Questions about countersued

What is countersued the simple past and past participle of?
Countersued is the simple past and past participle of countersue.

Words near countersued in the dictionary

  1. countersubjects
  2. countersubversion
  3. countersubversive
  4. countersubversives
  5. countersue
  6. countersued
  7. countersues
  8. countersuggestion
  9. countersuggestions
  10. countersuing
  11. countersuit

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